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Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

 Person

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

John W. Fairfax Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-025
Abstract

Letters from a New Orleans stock broker, John W. Fairfax, to Confederate General James Longstreet. The first is a request for a recommendation for Lawson L. Davis, a conferate veteran who was applying for a paymastership in the Army. The second letter speaks of personal business matters and mentions Bradstreet's impaired vision and new marriage.

Dates: 1898 - 1902

James Longstreet Correspondence, 1897-1903 (Ms1993-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1993-003
Dates: 1897 - 1903

Letter, from Col. Preston to General Longstreet, regarding orders, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonVII
Dates: n.d.

Letter, To General Longstreet from Col. Preston, Confirming That He Obey Orders Just Received, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonV
Dates: n.d.

James Longstreet Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-003
Scope and Content

Confederate general in the Civil War; after the war he was head of an insurance company and held a series of Federal appointments. Author of From Manassas to Appomattox (1896). Correspondence consists of fourteen letters to Longstreet from his sons John, Randolph, and Robert and his daughter Lula, and from C. Herbert Walling, who asked for an autographed copy of Longstreet's book. 

Dates: 1897 - 1903

Marching Orders, From Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonIII
Dates: n.d.